Not The Girl Holly Macve

• 1 Bird 04:43
• 2 Eye of the Storm 04:10
• 3 Be My Friend 04:02
• 4 You Can Do Better 03:38
• 5 Daddy's Gone 03:55
• 6 Little Lonely Heart 04:30
• 7 Sweet Marie 04:36
• 8 Who Am I 03:27
• 9 Not the Girl 04:11
• 10 Behind the Flowers 05:17
• 11 Lonely Road 05:07
• Total Runtime 47:36

Info zu Not The Girl

Facettenreiches Zweitwerk: Die irische Country-Sängerin Holly Macve legt den Nachfolger ihres 2017er Debüts "Golden Eagle" (Bella Union) vor. War der Erstling geprägt von einer reduzierten Saloon-Noir-Stimmung, klingt der Sound auf "Not The Girl" breiter und üppiger, inspiriert vor allem durch die Live-Erfahrung mit Mercury Rev. Die elf neuen Songs bewegen sich zwischen Drone-Country, Memphis-Soul und Dream-Pop, Referenzen sind Mazzy Star, Velvet Underground und selbstverständlich Nancy Sinatra & Lee Hazlewood. Zahlreiche Gastmusiker wie Gitarrist Bill Ryder-Jones (The Coral), Strings-Arrangeurin Fiona Brice (Placebo, John Grant) und Pedal-Steeler CJ Hillman (Billy Bragg) trugen zum neuen Klangbild bei, abgemischt wurde das Werk von Collin Dupuis (Lana Del Rey, Angel Olsen).

"Manchmal reicht einfach ein strahlender, an Stevie Nicks erinnernder Pop-Song wie „Who Am I?“, um mitzureißen. Oder das sehnsüchtige, auf Streichern gebettete, Carole King und Weyes Blood evozierende „You Can Do Better“. Mit „Daddy’s Gone“ verzaubert Macve wiederum im Emmylou-Harris-Style und das alles fasst einen natürlich, trotz der nunmehr etwas opulenteren, cineastischen Song-Ausrichtung, immer noch wahnsinnig an. Zu weiteren Highlights des Albums zählen das erlesene „Eye Of The Storm“, das wehmütig-traurige „Little, Lonely Heart“ sowie der sehnsüchtige Titeltrack „Not The Girl“. Ein würdevoller Nachfolger von „Golden Eagle“, der ebenfalls einen Platz in der Endjahresliste sicher hat." (Gérard Otremba, soundsandbooks.com)

Holly Macve

Holly Macve
is currently one of the rising stars of the folk-country music scene. A heavenly voice, a devastating emotional delivery, and her magnetic stage presence make her one of the most interesting newcomers today. Despite her young age – Holly Macve is only 21 years old -, her debut record “Golden Eagle” reveals she’s experienced enough strive to last a lifetime: parental splits, heartbreak, early career pitfalls… Born in Western Ireland, Macve and her sister were whisked away “in the night” by her mom from her errant father, to live with her grandparents in Yorkshire. In her new home, she’s soon discovered her family’s big record collection: lots of blues and Bob Dylan shaped her impressionable mind, before she herself discovered the likes of Leonhard Cohen, Johnny Cash and Gillian Welch. “Words are my main love,” she declares. “I love songs that tell stories and take you somewhere else. I’ve always been drawn to that old country sound with it’s simple and memorable melodies. I enjoy music that feels timeless, that you don’t know quite when it was recorded.” At the age of 18 Holly moved down south. She worked in a café, while singing on open mic nights. Bella Union boss Simon Raymonde was a regular customer at the café when he caught wind of this astonishing young talent, with her vocals notes of Welch, Patsy Cline and Paula Frazer (Tarnation), and the timeless melodies, altogether evoking the Appalachian Mountains and the Wyoming prairie rather than the Brighton seafront. Holly subsequently fled back to Yorkshire after a lost love and sense of direction, and wrote the songs that became Golden Eagle. “I was depressed, lost and lonely, in a dark place,” she recalls. “So the songs are a bit fatalistic.” These fatalistic songs, however, brought her a lot of recognition from many different sides as well as some beautiful support slots such as Villagers, John Grant, and Benjamin Clementine. She was also chosen as one of the few newcomers to play the prestigious Reeperbahn Festival 2016 “Anchor Award for International Emerging Talent.” It’s looking pretty good for Holly Macve!

"Golden Eagle, her debut album, has a strong country or bluegrass flavour – though some songs, such as Fear, deploy more unpredictable chord sequences. Her lyrics, with their themes of heartbreak (All of Its Glory) and hard luck (No One Has the Answers), are a good fit. Thanks to the sparse instrumentation and producer Paul Gregory’s deft use of reverb, there’s a timeless feel to Golden Eagle." - THE GUARDIAN

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